Two people have been injured after a trailer came off a car on a Hawke's Bay bridge, smashing into a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction.
The freak crash on State Highway 2 near the Tutaekuri River Bridge was reported to police at 11.20am, a police spokesman said.
![Traffic has built up as far as the Meeanee Rd overbridge after a crash on the Tutaekuri Bridge on State Highway 2. Photo / NZTA](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VE2KJVJI5LJE2LZ627JMUJTG4A.jpg?auth=3fa046f69a2b2dec10d0bcd997ae8ab1e1113e214b545fea5c3721c71b070c47&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)
A trailer from a car travelling north had detached, and had smashed into another vehicle travelling south over the bridge, he said.
A guard rail of the bridge was also damaged during the incident.